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Page 1: The Return Home. “ In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the L ORD spoken by Jeremiah, the L ORD moved the heart of.

The Return Home

Page 2: The Return Home. “ In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the L ORD spoken by Jeremiah, the L ORD moved the heart of.

“ In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

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…This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:“The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them.”…

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…And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.”

Ezra 1:1-4

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“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your panelled houses, while this house remains a ruin?”

Haggai 1:4

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Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.’   

Haggai 1:5-6

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“Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first and we lose both first and second things.”

C.S.Lewis

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to be continued…